Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected

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Black girls in the U.S. were suspended six times more than white girls, according to recent federal data. Girls of color also face specific factors that push them out of school, like sexual assault, criminalization and teacher stereotyping, yet girls are often excluded from current efforts to address the school-to-prison pipeline.

Through analyzing Department of Education discipline data for New York City and Boston Public Schools and presenting key issues and concerns identified by young women of color in focus groups, this report shines a spotlight on the unique challenges girls of color face in our nation’s schools.